Attaching device for miners&#39; lamps



Aug. 20, 1929. DQRSEY 1,725,182

ATTACHING DEVICE FOR MINERS LAMPS Filed April 19, 1928 INVENTOR.

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Patented Aug. 20, 1929.

UNITED STATES ALBERT DORSEY, F MARTIN'S FERRY, OHIO.

ATTACHING DEVICE FOR MINERS LAMPS.

Application filed April 19, 1928. Serial No. 271,159.

This invention relates broadly to attaching devices for miners lamps,and it has for its primary object to provide a simple and convenientform of attachment whereby a lamp may be removably mounted upon a minerscap.

A further object is to provide, in association with a miners cap havinga lamp support mounted thereon, of an improved form of attachmentwhereby a. lamp may be rigidly mounted in place on said support.

A still further object is to provide, in a device of the characterdescribed, emergency means whereby the lamp may be remounted in place inthe event that the supporting hook should be broken off.

Other important objects will hereinafter be made apparent, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which *igure 1 is a sideelevation of the invention, illustrating its application;

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the cap-carried support;

Figure 3 is a partial top plan view of the lamp;

Figure 4 is a rear elevation of the same;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of an emergency hook;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary detail view, showing said emergency hookapplied to the cap-carried support; and

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the lamp illustrating the applicationthereof to a button of the users wearing apparel.

Referring to said drawings, 1 designates a miners lamp which, ingeneral, may be of any usual or preferred type embodying a carbidecontainer or generator 2 and a water container 3, the latter beingordinarily of horizontally-disposed cylinder form and carrying areflector 4 on its front end.

In the present embodiment, the rear end of the water container 3 hasrigidly mounted thereon the opposite ends of a horizontally disposedmetal strap 5 which is bent intermediate its ends to form a flat-facedloop 6 designed for a purpose which will hereinafter be made apparent.

The usual miners cap 7 has rigidly attached to the front end portion ofthe top of its crown 7 a horizontally disposed end member 8 of a sheetmetal support 8 which stands vertically in front of said crown and hasits lower end 8" suitably attached, as to the usual visor 7 of the cap.

Rigidly mounted upon and closely overlying the angle between the uprightbody and the upper end member 8 of the support 8 is an angular plate 9of resilient sheet metal which carries upon its front face an integralupwardly directed hook 10 of tongue-like form. Said tongue 10, which isbent upwardly from the lower edge of said plate 9, lies substantiallyparallel to the ad jacent face of said plate and has its upper endinclined into juxtaposition to said face so that it will retain againstchance disengagement the loop 6 of the strap 5 following insertion ofsaid loop to seating position relative to said tongue.

rovided in the horizontal end member 8 adjacent to the angle formedbetween said member and the upright body of the support 8 is atransverse slot 11 which registers with a similar slot 12 provided inthe overlying portion of the plate 9. Said slots are adapted forreceiving therein the downwardly directed bill l3 of an emergency hook13 designed to be employed as a lamp support in case the tongue 10should become broken off, said hook 13 having an upwardly directedtongue 13 similar to said tongue 10, which occupies the same relationship to the adjacent face of the body of the hook 13 as does thetongue 10 to the upright body portion of the plate 9. Also provided inthe support 8 and plate 9 at opposite sides of and midway between theends of'the slots 11 and 12 are recesses 14 which complementallyprovide, in effect, a vertical bore'wherein may be received the verticalstem form of lamp supporting member which is carried by certain lampstructures heretofore employed.

Pivotally attached to the strap 5, preferably on opposite sides of theloop 6 are the ends of a wire bail 15 by means of which the lamp may becarried either by hand or attached to a button of the users wearingapparel, as to a button 16 carried either on the front of the jacket oron the bib 17 of the usual form of miners overalls. For facilitatingsuch attachment to a button, the bail 15 has formed therein an end loop15 of narrow width, substantially as shown. When not in use, the bailoccupies a norhorizontally disposed loop-like member rigidly carried bythe rear end of said water container, a plate rigidly carried by saidvertical body member of the support, a tongue on said plate andextending upwardly substantially parallel to the latter, and a carryingbail pivotally mounted on said loop-like member.

2. Attaching means for miners lamps, comprising, in combination with alamp embodying a water container and a cap having mounted thereon asheet metal support which includes a vertical body member and ahorizontal crown-overlying terminal, a horizontally disposed loop-likemember rigidly carried by the rear end of said water container, a platerigidly carried by said vertical body member of: the support, a tongueon said plate extending upwardly substantially parallel to the latter,and a wire bail-like member pivotally mounted on said loop and having afree end formed with a constricted loop.

3. A lamp attachment for caps including a support secured to the cap andhaving a top part engaged with the crown of the cap and having a partdepending from said top part, a horizontal loop secured to the lamp, anangular plate secured to said top and depending parts of the support, anupwardly extending tongue carried by the plate and formed to engagewithin the loop, said tongue being formed integral with the bottom edgeof the plate and extending upwardly therefrom, the upper end of thetongue being offset inwardly to lie close to the bottom part of theangular plate.

l. A lamp attachment for caps including a support secured to the cap andhaving a top part engaged with the crown of the cap and having a partdepending from said top part, a horizontal loop secured to the lamp, anangular plate secured to said top and depending parts of the support,and an upwardly extending tongue formed integral with the angular plateand formed to engage within the loop.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

ALBERT DORSEY.

